FEBRUARY 2014
Office of Research Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Featured Researcher Video Series
Featured Researcher
Video Series
CSU Scholar News
Deadlines Approaching for
FRD, FSI, and DRA
Dr. Carnell's research is the focus of the latest installment of
the Featured Researcher Video series. Dr. Carnell is a
Professor in the Department of English in the College of
Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Dr. Carnell is the English
department's specialist
in
eighteenth-century British
literature.
PIs Return of IDCs
Set to Double
Summer Research Award
Proposals Under Review
Technology Transfer
Announcements
Faculty Course Release
or Release Time Form
We encourage you to learn about Dr. Rachel Carnell's work,
and to take a look at our previous Featured Researcher
Videos.
CSU Scholar News
Professor Lolita Buckner Inniss was recently awarded a grant from
the New Jersey Historical Commission for the completion of her book
manuscript in progress, The Princeton Fugitive Slave: James Collins
Johnson, a work which was originally funded by a Faculty
Scholarship Initiative. Her book explores the intersection of race,
gender, slavery and the law. Nine grants were awarded, and
applicants were drawn from a national pool.
To date, Professor Inniss has received a total of $23,000.00 in
external awards to support her FSI-related research from the New
York University - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique,
Friends of the Princeton University Library, Hamilton College, the
Princeton University Department of History, and the New Jersey Historical Commission.
Congratulations, Professor Inniss!
Please share with us important news or updates on your research, scholarly, or creative
activities. Updates may be related to a paper that has been accepted for publication in a highimpact journal, a book you've just published, your work that will be exhibited at a prominent
institution, or other updates you wish to share with our office. Send details to j.yard@csuohio.edu
AND c.mclennan@csuohio.edu.
Deadlines Approaching for FRD, FSI, and DRA Applications
Don’t forget to submit your Faculty Research and Development (FRD) and Faculty Scholarship
Initiative (FSI) proposals -- and to encourage your doctoral students to submit a Dissertation
Research Award (DRA) proposal. FRD proposals are due to Deans by March 7, 2014; FSI
proposals are due to the Office of Research by March 7, 2014; and DRA proposals are due to
Doctoral Program Directors by March 7, 2014.
PIs Return of IDCs Set to Double
The Office of Research is pleased to announce that there will be a new distribution of indirect
cost (IDC) return earned on direct expenditures from sponsored research grants and contracts
awarded to Cleveland State University. The intent of this new distribution is to help stimulate the
growth of research and scholarship at CSU by increasing the return of IDC from 5% to 10% to
principal investigators whose research success generates IDC. The new IDC distribution will
apply to all direct expenditures from sponsored research grants and contracts effective July 1,
2014.
Undergraduate Summer Research Award Proposals Under Review
Fifty-seven proposals were received from five colleges with requests totaling $460,754.
Proposals are currently under review, and award decisions are expected by March 14, 2014. The
Office of Research would like to thank all of the faculty members who are currently working hard
to provide thoughtful, quality, and timely reviews.
Technology Transfer Office Innovation
and Entrepreneurship Announcements
Innovation Fund: Representatives from Cleveland State University recently participated in the
Screening Committee of the GLIDE Innovation Fund, which seeks to fund promising early stage
technology based ventures in Northeast Ohio. The Innovation Fund provides two types of
awards: The “A” Awards provide funding up to $25,000 to help validate the technology; The “B”
Awards provide funding up to $100,000 to help validate the business model. Both awards are
grants.
All applicants are welcome, including students, faculty and others. The deadline to submit
applications for the next cycle is March 15, 2014. For more information, please visit
www.innovationfundneohio.com. You may also contact Dr. Mark Dobeck, assistant professor in
the Department of Management and Labor, or Robert Brown, director of the Technology Transfer
Office. An information meeting will be held February 20, 2014 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at Stark
State College, Business & Entrepreneurial Studies Center.
LaunchTown Best Business Idea: Cleveland State University is participating in the
LaunchTown Best Business Idea competition this spring. The LaunchTown entrepreneurship
competition is open to graduate teams from any major. For more information on how to register
and what is required, please visit www.launchtown.com or their Facebook page. The deadline to
submit materials is on March 18, 2014. For further information, contact Dr. Mark Dobeck.
Faculty Course Release or Release Time Form
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and Research Services have developed an
updated version of the Faculty Course Release or Release Time Form that now accepts
electronic signatures. This form, which is posted online along with other grant forms, is to be
used when full-time faculty are released from their regularly assigned courses or other duties so
that they may perform grant-related work and should be submitted prior to the period for which
released time is requested. This form is NOT to be used for faculty compensation during the
summer. A faculty summer contract is needed for that purpose.
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